agree :)<br><br>BTW its Rich Warren who says<br><div style="direction: ltr;"><span class="q"><br>><br>>On Aug 30, 2006, at 8:35 AM, Ramon Leon wrote:<br>><br></span></div><span class="q">>I agree that Smalltalk has excellent tools for sifting through the source
<br>>code. However, this can be a barrier to entry for newcomers. We need a<br>>constant supply of new blood, otherwise Smalltalk will wither and die.<br>><br><br>not Ramon Leon<br></span><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">
On 9/2/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">J J</b> <<a href="mailto:azreal1977@hotmail.com">azreal1977@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I was talking about all why's (and hows). If you ever hope<br>to hand off your project to someone else those design<br>level why's are going to have to be there. If you want the average<br>person to use it those how's are going to have to be there and some
<br>why's as well because they may want to use your classes slightly<br>different then you originally envisioned.<br><br><br>>From: "Hiren Thacker" <<a href="mailto:hithacker@gmail.com">hithacker@gmail.com
</a>><br>>Reply-To: The general-purpose Squeak developers<br>>list<<a href="mailto:squeak-dev@lists.squeakfoundation.org">squeak-dev@lists.squeakfoundation.org</a>><br>>To: "The general-purpose Squeak developers
<br>>list"<<a href="mailto:squeak-dev@lists.squeakfoundation.org">squeak-dev@lists.squeakfoundation.org</a>><br>>Subject: Re: Thoughts from an outsider<br>>Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 02:03:54 +0530<br>>
<br>>On 8/31/06, Benjamin Pollack <<a href="mailto:benjamin.pollack@gmail.com">benjamin.pollack@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>>><br>>>On 8/30/06, Hiren Thacker <<a href="mailto:hithacker@gmail.com">hithacker@gmail.com
</a>> wrote:<br>>> > Even if you coded right in pure English, I still wouldn't<br>>> > know *why* you did it the way you did, and therefore I<br>>> > wouldn't know *why* I shouldn't just change it.
<br>>><br>>actually many seniour Squeakers r thr always on #squeak at<br>>irc.freenode.netor asking on mailing-list also get very quick reply<br>>> > usually.So i think we can ask, to author or anyone who knows, about
<br>>> > *why* you did it the way you did usually.<br>>> ><br>>><br>>>Hiren proposes you simply email the list whenever you have a why. That's a<br>>>waste of everyone's time. The developer has to explain more than once,
<br>>>while<br>>>users who subscribe to the list have to either preemptively save and<br>>>categorize important emails or else try to remember enough words from the<br>>>email that they can google their way to it--and frequently, they give up
<br>>>and<br>>>ask again anyway. New users, meanwhile, are too scared to ask questions on<br>>>squeak-dev, which is where you'd have to ask if you really wanted the<br>>>original coder to respond with a because instead of a more experienced
<br>>>user to respond with a how-to.<br>>><br>><br>>Benjamin,<br>>I think you are taking my english in wrong context.I think JJ was talking<br>>about "Design level Whys" if you read his that post, which i
<br>>replied."Design<br>>level Whys" are not important for everyone using it.You should try to solve<br>>your doubts first by excersing own mind, its not necessary to ask for<br>>whenever u have a why.
<br>><br>>Regards,<br>>Hiren<br>>Hiren<br><br><br>><br><br><br><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Hiren J.Thacker